(Photo: Mary Schwalm, AP)
Boston — Brandon Dixon has made two starts for the Tigers since being called up from Triple-A Toledo. He’s gotten five hits and been thrown out on the bases three times.
Rambunctious.
But it was his bases-clearing double in the fourth inning Tuesday night that pushed the Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Red Sox, completing their first doubleheader sweep in Boston in 54 years (Aug. 20, 1965). It was their first doubleheader sweep anywhere since Sept. 22, 2016 at Minnesota.
They won the first game, the make-up of the rained-out game Monday, 7-4.